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Foreign dollar currency account: just like a local one!

Sabrina Maly 26 November 2025

Companies that often transfer money to the US or receive US dollars usually open a foreign dollar currency account with their bank in order to avoid expensive foreign exchange fees. In this article we go one step further und show how you can avoid high transaction costs like SWIFT with a local business account.

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